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John David Crow

Followed Ollie Keller. John David Crow slid UL Monroe from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 5 seasons.

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1976–1980 · 1 stint
UL Monroe
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerUL MONROERegional Programthe building-block levelUL Monroe, 1976: 2-9, Regional Program II1976UL Monroe, 1977: 2-9, Regional Program III1977UL Monroe, 1978: 6-4, Regional Program III1978UL Monroe, 1979: 3-8, Regional Program III1979UL Monroe, 1980: 7-4, Regional Program III1980-7.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

UL Monroe, 5 seasons
−7.1
Regional Program II → Regional Program III.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

4–4 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Bill Davidson.

Rivalry record
4–4
50.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
4–4
50.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Arkansas State3–260%
Louisiana1–233%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bill Davidson1–2
3 meetings, 1976–1978
’76 L’77 L’78 W
33% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
National Program
5–9 35.7%
Regional Program
3–4 42.9%

Coaching career

1976–1980
UL Monroecaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program II
John David Crow slid UL Monroe from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 5 seasons.

2nd-best UL Monroe tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Ollie Keller (1975–1975) · succeeded by Pat Collins (1981–1981).

3 NFL Draft picks: Fred Coleman (1976), John Floyd (1979), Ken Poole (1981)

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